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Making Sense of Passenger Vessel Data | SR-028 RITA Bureau of Transportation Statistics |" Special Report |" July 2011 Making Sense of Passenger Vessel Data |" |" by Matthew Chambers The absence of legal definitions to describe waterborne Figure 1: Select Seattle, WA, Cruise and Ferry passenger vessels, such as cruise ships and ferries, may Terminals, and Ferry Routes pose a challenge for researchers attempting to collect, sort, and analyze passenger data. A variety of definitions U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Select Seattle Cruise and Ferry Terminals, 2008 are used to describe waterborne passenger vessels and ¤£513 the port and terminal infrastructures that support them (see ¤£305 Puget ¤£520 table 1). Lacking common definitions, identical terminology Sound |" ¤£99 may cause confusion, particularly when the data are linked |" Pier 91 #|"|" to a Federal regulatory or statistical program. For instance, Pier 66 ¨¦§90 across-the-board definitions that would define a cruise ship # ¤£519 by tonnage, passengers, accommodations, and route do # 1 not exist. |" |" ¨¦§5 This report characterizes identical or similar terminology |" |" |" that may have different meanings to different users or yield ¤£160 ¤£509 ¤£599 different results for researchers. Further, this report briefly |" Cruise Terminals # |" Ferry Terminals ¤£900 # ¤£99 describes the two leading types of passenger vessels and Intermodal Terminal Facility ¤£518 ¨¦§405 Highways their unique capabilities. In addition, it presents distinct Ferry Routes ¤£181 Miles challenges faced by the supporting port and terminal infra- 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 structure unique to each vessel type. SOURCES: Data derived from multiple sources by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Identical Terminology May Have Different Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of March 2011. Meanings or Yield Different Results Seattle, WA, has significant ferry and cruise activity. Several legal definitions or regulations describe ferry and |" passenger vessels as well as their subtypes (see table 1). compatibility and the subsequent analysis of data obtained For example, in describing passenger vessels, the Fed- from disparate|" sources may be misclassified. eral Maritime Commission specifies a minimum number of # berths, whereas the U.S. Coast Guard specifies a minimum # Types of Passenger Vessels# number of passengers. In this case, one definition may be # more or less inclusive when compared to the other. Operators choose the type of passenger vessel for a particular route by considering such factors as economics, Although all passenger vessels are designed and specifi- itinerary, passenger counts, route, and marine environment cally fitted to carry passengers,2 differences ranging from (e.g., protected v. open waters3). To match changing needs |" the subtle to the obvious exist not only among types of pas- |" or current weather conditions, a cruise line or ferry operator senger vessels but among their operational capabilities and|" may deploy vessels with different operational capability and physical descriptions. Unless it is fully differentiated, data passenger capacities. For example, until recently, Wash- ington State Ferries deployed small 250-passenger-only 1 U.S. Environment Protection Agency, Cruise Ship White Paper (August 2000), ferries, such as the Kalama, and large Jumbo Mark II-class available at http://www.epa.gov/ as of February 2011. 2 American Bureau of Shipping, Guide for Building and Classing: Passenger Vessels 3 Protected waters may include bays, lakes, rivers, and other sheltered bodies of (November 2001), available at http://www.eagle.org/ as of February 2011. water. BTS Special Report Table 1: Identical or Similar Terms with Different Meanings This table illustrates how Federal agencies assign different meanings to identical terms. For example, the Federal Highway Admin- istration may include water taxis in its definition of ferries for its Ferry Boat Discretionary Program, which provides funding for ferry boats and ferry terminal construction. However, the definition used by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for its National Census of Ferry Operators, which provides data on ferry operators, routes, terminals, and vessels, specifically excludes water taxis because they do not operate on scheduled, fixed routes. Source Legal Definition or Meaning Ferry 46 United States Code § 2101, which is available at http://fr- ...a vessel that is used on a regular schedule—a) to provide trans- webgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_ portation only between places that are not more than 300 miles usc&docid=Cite:+46USC2101 as of March 2011. apart; and b) to transport only—i. Passengers; or ii. Vehicles, or railroad cars, that are being used, or have been used, in transporting passengers or goods. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States ...a vessel that 1) operates in other than ocean or coastwise service; Coast Guard, 46 Code of Federal Regulations 175.400, 2) has provisions only for deck passengers or vehicles, or both; 3) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2009/octqtr/ Operates on a short run on a frequent schedule between two points pdf/46cfr175.400.pdf as of March 2011. over the most direct water route; and 4) offers a public service of a type normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel. U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation ...a vessel that sails an itinerant, fixed route as a common carrier Statistic, National Census of Ferry Operators, available at of passengers or vehicles. Railroad car float operations are also http://www.bts.gov as of March 2011. included. Ferry boat and terminal U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Admin- ...whether toll or free, subject to the following conditions: 1) It is istration, Ferry Boat Discretionary Program, available at http:// not feasible to build a bridge, tunnel, combination thereof, or other www.fhwa.dot.gov/discretionary/fbdinfo.cfm as of March 2011. normal highway structure in lieu of the use of such ferry. 2) The operation of the ferry shall be on a route classified as a public road within the State and which has not been designated as a route on the Interstate System. Passenger vessel 46 United States Code § 2101, which is available at http://fr- ...a vessel of at least 100 gross tons as measured under section webgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_ 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under sec- usc&docid=Cite:+46USC2101 as of March 2011. tion 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title—a) carrying more than 12 passengers, including at least one passenger for hire; b) that is chartered and carrying more than 12 passengers; c) that is a submersible vessel carrying at least one passenger for hire; or d) that is a ferry carrying a passen- ger. U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, Passenger Vessel Opera- …having 50 or more berths or stateroom accommodations and that tors, available at http://www.fmc.gov/ as of March 2011. embark passengers at ports…. American Bureau of Shipping, Guide for Building and Class- ...apply to 200-ft or longer oceangoing vessel carrying 12 or more ing: Passenger Vessels (November 2001), available at http:// passengers on international routes. www.eagle.org/ as of February 2011. Small passenger vessels U.S. Coast Guard, Passenger Vessel Safety Program, avail- ...are ones that are less than 100 gross tons. able at http://www.uscg.mil as of February 2011. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, ...must be 1), at least, three years old, 2), when in service, cannot Small Vessel Waiver Program, available at http://www.marad. carry more than 12 passengers, 3) carry passengers only, and 4) dot.gov/ as of March 2011. owned by a U.S.-Citizen. Uninspected passenger vessels U.S. Coast Guard, Passenger Vessel Safety Program, avail- …carry 6 or fewer passengers for hire…. able at http://www.uscg.mil as of February 2011. 2 BTS Special Report 2,500-passenger/vehicle ferries, such as the Tacoma on its cupies 240,000 square feet—about 5 ½ acres.8 Terminal 18 many routes (see figure 1).4 The Kalama and Tacoma are is 1 of 12 passenger terminals at Port Everglades (see fig- both ferries, yet they have quite different capabilities and ure 2). In contrast, the Battery Park Ferry Terminal serving passenger capacities. the Andrew J. Barberi covers 22,000 square feet—about ½ acre.9 Ferries Figure 2: State of Florida Ports and Terminals According to the National Census of Ferry Operators 2008, in 2007 a typical ferry plying U.S. waters had a median pas- |" U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Florida C|"ruise and Ferry Terminals, 2008 senger capacity of 149. However, individual ferry capaci- Alabama # # # Georgia ties ranged from 2 to the nearly 6,000 passengers carried #|" |"# Atlantic Ocean # # #|"|" by the Andrew J. Barberi, which serves as a Staten Island |"|" # Florida Jacksonville |" Ferry in New York, NY. In 2007, ferry operators across the # |" |" |" |" country maintained an active fleet of almost 700 vessels, # |"|"|" 5 |" transporting an estimated 106 million passengers. In turn, Port Canaveral onboard amenities range from barebones to abundant. De- |" #|"Tampa # pending on the factors such as trip duration, a vessel may # offer passengers a wide range of amenities. For instance, # Bahamas #|" some larger ferries may have a few passenger berths or Gulf of Mexico |"|" |" West Palm |" stateroom accommodations, limited food service, or even Beach |" Cruise Terminals 6 |" |" Miami arcades and gift shops. Ferry Terminals #|" |" # Intermodal Terminal Facility |" |" Intermodal Service Roads |"|"|" # |" Miles 0 20 40 80 120 160 Cruise Ships |" |" Port Everglades Cruise ships averaged 2,169 passengers per vessel in 2009, with capacities ranging from 100 passengers to the SOURCES: Derived by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Re- nearly 6,000-passenger capacity of the recently launched search and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transporta- Oasis of the Seas, which sails from its home Port Ever- tion Statistics from multiple data sources as of March 2011.
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